Several lives are witnessed over the course of 80 years. Currency is a simple story about the complex questions we all ask.
Currency weaves together a tapestry of tales as we observe several lives over the course of eight decades. A writer asks why we live. A child asks why we die. Mobsters ask why life has value. An old woman asks why we are alone. A scientist asks why there is anything at all. Part mystery, part drama, Currency is a collection of simple stories about the hard questions we are all dying to have answered. We all want to know why and we all die.—Brad Rosier
Currency weaves together a tapestry of tales as we observe several lives overthe course of eight decades. In prohibition-era Chicago, two mobsters on a traindiscuss the hollowness of the American Dream. They ask why life has value.Meanwhile, a dying physician discusses his will with his attorney. He asks whylife is filled with so much regret. In the late eighties, a little girl grieves the deathof her mother and dreams of being rescued from her abusive uncle. She wonderswhy we die. In present day, a homeless woman struggles with her faith as sheworries about the fate of her departed husband. She wants to know why we areso alone. A writer flounders in an unhealthy relationship with a musician sheidolizes. She asks why we live. A scientist from the inner city meets up with anold friend who coaxes him into some illegal activities. He looks at the universeand wonders why there is anything at all. Part mystery, part drama, Currency is acollection of simple stories about the complex questions we are all dying to haveanswered. We all want to know why and we all die.
